*It was Tavis Smiley’s turn to bid farewell on “Dancing With the Stars” Tuesday night…and he didn’t go quietly. The talk show host, who is currently touring the country promoting his new book, attributed the early elimination to lack of practice time. “With all due respect to my competitors, one, they had 35-40 hours a […]
Bookbeat and the Southfield Public Library proudly present Tavis Smiley. New York Times bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster Tavis Smiley will speak at the...
Bookbeat and the Southfield Public Library proudly present Tavis Smiley. New York Times bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster Tavis Smiley will speak at the...
Dr. Cornel West once again called Rev. Al. Sharpton a “house negro,” and accused him and President Barack Obama of “sanitizing” the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 50th anniversary of the March of Washington, reports Mediaite.com. “Brother Martin himself, I think, would’ve been turning over in his grave,” West said of the event. “[King would have wanted] people to talk about Wall Street criminality, he wants people to talk about war crimes, or drones dropping bombs on innocent people,” he asserted. “Instead,” he lamented, “we saw the coronation of the bonafide house negro of the Barack Obama plantation, our dear brother Al Sharpton.” West then declared that Sharpton’s decline was “supported by [MSNBC analyst] Michael Dyson and others who’ve prostituted themselves in a very ugly and vicious way.” Listen to West’s remarks below: As previously reported by NewsOne[2], the animosity between West and Sharpton is not new. During an interview with Democracy Now‘s Amy Goodman, West h ...
